EAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE (WCBI) – We are continuing coverage on the arrest of two people in connection with a threat at East Mississippi Community College’s Mayhew campus.

You’ll remember on Tuesday, Sept.9, around 5 p.m., EMCC received a threat through its electronic message board, which alerted authorities.

Lowndes County Sheriff Eddie Hawkins says this is something they take seriously.

ChatBot – it’s an electronic message board that East Mississippi Community College uses to communicate with students.

“These text messages are offering assistance to the students, you know, to help them with campus life or assist with finding their classes and things of that nature,” Hawkins said.

Lowndes County Sheriff Eddie Hawkins said the system sent a message to a student, and during t

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